The first series, Biographical Materials, contains several summaries of Hankins' life. Several newspapers, such as the Boston Globe and the Daily Hampshire Gazette, carried articles on Hankins' death. There are also some of what appear to be press releases from the Smith College Office of Publicity regarding Hankins and his activities in the community. One folder also contains several photographs of Hankins and his wife, as well as Hankins instructing a student.

BIOGRAPHICAL DATA

Box 1: folder 1

Series II. Subject Files and Organizations

There are approximately two and a half boxes devoted to the second series, Correspondence. Hankins wrote to many people, especially his colleague Harry Elmer Barnes. The correspondence between Hankins and Barnes covers a period from the early 1920's to the late 1960's. Both men often helped each other in their work and exchanged opinions. The other letters cover a range of subjects, from Hankins' academic work to more personal notes. The correspondence is especially rich in the 1930s. A vast majority of the correspondence is typed and reflect Hankins' involvement in a large variety of organizations. There are also several folders of congratulatory letters and cards wishing Hankins a happy 70th, 90th, and 91st birthday.

AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR DEMOCRACY AND INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM

Box 1: folder 2

AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT

Box 1: folder 3

AMERICAN EUGENICS SOCIETY

1937-38

Box 1: folder 4

AMERICAN EUGENICS SOCIETY

1939-48

Box 1: folder 5

AMERICAN EUGENICS SOCIETY - TEXTBOOK

Box 1: folder 6

AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Box 1: folder 7

CLARK UNIVERSITY

Box 2: folder 1

CLARK UNIVERSITY - DEGREES

Box 2: folder 2

CLARK UNIVERSITY - SCHOLARSHIP

Box 2: folder 3

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

Box 2: folder 4

CORNELL UNIVERSITY

Box 2: folder 5

CORRESPONDENCE

1922-67

Box 2: folder 6

CORRESPONDENCE - BIRTHDAY

1947

Box 2: folder 7

CORRESPONDENCE - BIRTHDAY

1967

Box 2: folder 8

CORRESPONDENCE - BIRTHDAY

1968

Box 2: folder 9

CORRESPONDENCE - BARNES, HARRY ELMER

Box 2: folder 10

CORRESPONDENCE - BRYSON, GLADYS

Box 2: folder 11

CORRESPONDENCE - MARSH, MARGARET

Box 2: folder 12

CORRESPONDENCE - TEAGLE, ALICE

1904

Box 2: folder 13

CORRESPONDENCE

1945

Box 2: folder 14

DEBATES

Box 2: folder 15

FARRAR & RINEHART

Box 2: folder 16

FELLOWSHIPS

Box 2: folder 17

GENERAL

Box 2: folder 18

HUMANIST MANIFESTO

Box 2: folder 19

LECTURES

Box 2: folder 20

MACMILLAN COMPANY

Box 3: folder 1

NORTHAMPTON - TERCENTENARY

Box 3: folder 2

ORAL HISTORY

Box 3: folder 3

OREGON UNIVERSITY

Box 3: folder 4

PHOTOGRAPHS

Box 3: folder 5

PLANNED PARENTHOOD - BIRTH CONTROL RESEARCH

Box 3: folder 6

PLANNED PARENTHOOD - SANGER

Box 3: folder 7

POPULATION ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

Box 3: folder 8

POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU

1935-49

Box 3: folder 9

POPULATION REFERENCE BUREARU

1946

Box 3: folder 10

POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU

1950-52

Box 3: folder 11

POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU

1953-54

Box 3: folder 12

QUESTIONNAIRE

Box 4: folder 1

RETIREMENT

Box 4: folder 2

SHANGHAI, CHINA

Box 4: folder 3

SOCIOLOGY DEPARTMENT

1939-42

Box 4: folder 4

SMITH COLLEGE SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL WORK

Box 4: folder 5

SOCIAL FORCES

Box 4: folder 6

SOCIOLOGY DEPARTMENT - LECTURES

Box 4: folder 7

SOCIOLOGY DEPARTMENT - SURVEY SOCIAL SCIENCE

Box 4: folder 8

SOCIOLOGY DEPARTMENT - MAJORS

Box 4: folder 9

SPEECHES

Box 4: folder 10

SPEECHES - GET TOGETHER CLUB

Box 4: folder 11

TECHNICAL AID DILEMMA

Box 4: folder 12

Series III. Correspondence

Arrangement:

Arranged alphabetically.

Scope and content:

Subject Files and Organizations covers a broad range of topics, from Hankins' involvement in the American Eugenics Society to the development of the Sociology department. There are also several folders on the various universities Hankins taught at, such as Clark University, Columbia University, and Cornell University. Descriptions of scholarships and fellowships are also included. Looking through these various subject files, it is easy to get a general idea of Hankins. He was obviously interested in such topics as eugenics and population control. His participation in the American Committee for Democracy and Intellectual Freedom, the American Eugenics Society, and the American Sociological Society is extensively covered. These folders are largely composed of correspondence, but also include essays and a scrapbook.

Hankins was a very prolific writer, and the Publications and Speeches series contains almost all of his work. He published many pamphlets on a variety of topics, such as issues of race, population control, and poverty. These are themes that keep recurring through his work. Many of his articles have been published in various newspapers, and these are included as well. It is apparent that Hankins was a progressive thinker who enjoyed challenging existing beliefs.

PUBLICATIONS

Box 7: folder 1

PUB - Adolph Quetelet as Statistician

Box 7: folder 2

PUB - The Approach to Responsibility

Box 7: folder 3

PUB - Are Nordics Superior?

Box 7: folder 4

PUB - Barnes, Harry Elmer, International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences

Box 7: folder 5

PUB - Biology and Society: Modern Social Organization

Box 7: folder 6

PUB - Civilization and Fertility

Box 7: folder 7

PUB - The Conflict of Civilization and Parenthood

Box 7: folder 8

PUB - The Contributions of Science to Social Work

Box 7: folder 9

PUB - The Declining Birth Rate

Box 7: folder 10

PUB - Dictionary of Sociology

Box 7: folder 11

PUB - Does Advancing Civilization Involve...Fertility?

Box 7: folder 12

PUB - Editorials

Box 7: folder 13

PUB - El Libre Albedrio Y El Determinismo

Box 7: folder 14

PUB - Eugenic Hypothesis

Box 7: folder 15

PUB - Eugenics and the Culture Drift

Box 7: folder 16

PUB - Facts and the Nordic Doctrine

Box 7: folder 17

Forty-Year Perspective

Box 7: folder 18

PUB - Franklin Henry Giddings, 1855-1931

Box 7: folder 19

PUB - Franklin Henry Giddings

Box 7: folder 20

PUB - Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Teaching

Box 7: folder 21

PUB - Further Suggestions Concerning the Content of an Elementary Course

Box 7: folder 22

PUB - German Policies for Increasing Births

Box 8: folder 1

PUB - Giddings, Franklin Henry

Box 8: folder 2

Note:

See Franklin Henry Giddings

PUB - Granville, Stanley Hall

1846-1924

Box 8: folder 3

Hampshire History

Box 8: folder 4

Heredity and Environment

Box 8: folder 5

PUB - The Historian Must Be Free

Box 8: folder 6

PUB - How About the Jews?

Box 8: folder 7

PUB - Humanism and World Consciousness

Box 8: folder 8

PUB - Humanism and the Culture Stream

Box 8: folder 9

PUB - Humanitarianism in the Light of Biology

Box 8: folder 10

PUB - Individual Differences and Democratic Theory

Box 8: folder 11

PUB - Individual Differences and Their Significance for Social Theory

Box 8: folder 12

PUB - Individual Differences: The Galton-Pearson Approach

Box 8: folder 13

PUB - Individual Freedom with Some Sociological Implications of Determinism

Box 8: folder 14

PUB - Introduction to Sociology

Box 8: folder 15

PUB - Introduction to the Study of Society, 1st ed.

1928

Box 8: folder 16

PUB - Introduction to the Study of Society, Rev. ed.

1935

Box 8: folder 17

PUB - Is Our Innate National Intelligence Declining?

Box 8: folder 18

PUB - Is the Differential Fertility of the Social Class Selective?

Box 8: folder 19

PUB - Latest in the Philosophy of History

Box 8: folder 20

PUB - Meaning of Race and Race Superiority

Box 9: folder 1

PUB - Migrant Asia by R. Mukerjee

Box 9: folder 2

PUB - Modern Social Organizations

Box 9: folder 3

PUB - Morals and Religion

Box 9: folder 4

PUB - Morgan's La Prehistorie Orientale

Box 9: folder 5

PUB - New Books on God, Immortality, and Religious Origins

Box 9: folder 6

PUB - Organic Plasticity Versus Organic Response

Box 9: folder 7

PUB - Our Load of Defective Genes

Box 9: folder 8

PUB - Poverty and Birth Control

Box 9: folder 9

PUB - Patriotism and Peace

Box 9: folder 10

PUB - Pressure of Population as a Cause of War

Box 9: folder 11

PUB - Questions for Sociology: An Informal Round Table

Box 9: folder 12

PUB - Quetelet's Average Man in Modern Scientific Research

Box 9: folder 13

PUB - Racial Differences and Industrial Welfare

Box 9: folder 14

PUB - The Rationality of Birth Control

Box 9: folder 15

PUB - Reason Versus Authority as a Guide to Living

Box 9: folder 16

PUB - The Reparations Problem and the Dawes Report

Box 9: folder 17

PUB - Reviews

Box 9: folder 18

PUB - Rising Tide of Racial Tension

Box 9: folder 19

PUB - Social Biology

Box 9: folder 20

PUB - Social Science and Social Action

Box 9: folder 21

PUB - Sociology

Box 9: folder 22

PUB - Sociology and Social Guidance Discussion

Box 9: folder 23

PUB - Students' Ratings of Instruction

Box 9: folder 24

PUB - Sumner Centenary Volume

Box 9: folder 25

PUB - Tillich, Paul

Box 9: folder 26

PUB - Transformations Politiques Recentes Aux Etats-Unis

Box 9: folder 27

PUB - Under-Developed Areas with Special Reference to Population Reforms